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Curiosity Powered Up for Martian Voyage on Nov. 26 – Exclusive Message from Chief Engineer Rob Manning
[/caption] “We are ready and so is Curiosity !” Says Rob Manning, Curiosity Chief Engineer at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory…
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NASA’s Curiosity Set to Search for Signs of Martian Life
[/caption] Nov 19 Update: MSL launch delayed 24 h to Nov. 26 - details later In just 7 days, Earth’s…
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Curiosity Rover Bolted to Atlas Rocket – In Search of Martian Microbial Habitats
[/caption] Only time now stands in the way of Curiosity’s long awaited date with the Red Planet. NASA’s next, and…
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Closing the Clamshell on a Martian Curiosity
[/caption] Curiosity’s clamshell has been closed. And it won’t open up again until a few minutes after she blasts off…
Curiosity Buttoned Up for Martian Voyage in Search of Life’s Ingredients
[/caption] Take a good last, long look at the magnificent robot that is Curiosity, because she’s been all buttoned up…
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Assembling Curiosity’s Rocket to Mars
[/caption] Assembly of the powerful Atlas V booster that will rocket NASA’s Curiosity Mars Science Laboratory rover to Mars is…
Packing a Mars Rover for the Trip to Florida
Check out this way cool time-lapse movie of NASA's Curiosity Mars rover as its being packed up for her trip…
Drop Test for Next Mars Rover’s Sky-Crane Landing System
One of the biggest unknowns for the Mars Science Lab -- a.k.a Curiosity -- is the landing system, called the…